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These bridges are utterly bewildering. Why were they even built? Has anyone ever crossed them? And why are two of them in France?

The good news is, despite them being utterly traumatizing to look at, let alone cross, none of them are in the UK so the chance of you taking the scenic route home from your aunt and uncles’ and ending up on one of these monstrosities is pretty unlikely.

Go on, take a look at the world’s most terrifying bridges…

1. Hussaini Hanging Bridge, Pakistan

Known as the world’s most dangerous bridge, this walkway crosses Borit Lake in Pakistan and looks absolutely hideous. Not only that, but an older, tattier one hangs next to it – as if a sign of what might happen whilst you cross the Hussaini. Splendid.

We can’t believe people make regular journeys on this

2. Canopy Walk, Ghana

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This bridge lies within Kakum National Park and is the only canopy walkway in any national park in Africa. It connects several treetops and allows visitors to view endangered animals including forest elephants and the Diana monkey.

Looks a little sway-ey, no?

3. Langkawi Sky Bridge. Kedah, Malaysia

Built in 2004, this pedestrian bridge is 700 metres above sea level. Good. The fabulous news is that it closed as of January 2014 and may never open again. Thankfully, your best friend can now not try and egg you on into walking across it…

Just a casual spot for a Sunday stroll (Picture: Morgan King/REX)

4. Mount Titlis, Switzerland

The highest suspension bridge in Europe, thanks to it’s staggering 3,000 metre height, the Titlis Cliff Walk Bridge is located in the Alps. It opened in 2013, is designed to withstand snow storms and extreme winds (apparently it’s super safe) and offers spectacular views.

Anyone else want to be sick just from looking at the picture?

5. Vitim River Bridge, Russia

Only a handful of people have ever crossed this bridge and survived, and they have their own Facebook page, obvs. Why is it so scary? It’s iced over for most of the year, isn’t wide enough for a car and has no railings.

6. Millau Viaduct, France

This beauty is the world’s highest bridge for a major road, and is in fact taller than the Eiffel Tower. Sheesh. It holds the A7F motorway, which connects Paris to Montpellier and is often marveled as one of the world’s most impressive achievements of all time in engineering.

When you first Google this, you’ll see someone has named it ‘The Bridge of Death’, which is always a good sign. The bridge looks like it could crumble at any moment, but apparently large trucks drive over it and people survive. Blimey..

This one looks ready to collapse at any minute

8. Puente de Ojuela, Mexico

The only functioning remainder of Ojuela, a mining settlement in Mexico which is now a ghost town, the bridge was designed by the same people as the Brooklyn Bridge. Pretty cool, no? What a nice rickety structure.

The ghost town this bridge is attached to makes it even more unsettling

9. Aiguille du Midi Bridge, France

This bridge is perched on top of a nice high mountain the Alps. Luckily, the bridge is short, but you’ll still have to take a cable car 9,200ft up just to reach it. Ooh.

A short bridge, but absolutely bloomin’ terrifying

10. Royal Gorge Bridge, Colorado, USA

This tourist attraction was the highest bridge in the world until 2001, and also has a park, crammed with other tourist hits such as zoos and rides, attached to it. A wild fire destroyed a large part of the attraction in 2013, although it is expected to full re-open in the summer of 2014.